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W. KAUFMAN.

COMBINED KNIFE SHARPENER AND FORK- No. 297,521. Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

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UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM KAUFMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED KNlFE-SHARPENER AND FORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 297,521, dated April22, 1884.

Application filed September 17, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM KAUFMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Fork andKnife-Sharpener; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures ofreference marked thereon,which form apart of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is aperspective view. Fig. 2 is a view of the under side of the fork. Fig. 3is a longitudinal section taken through the slot. Fig. 4 is across-section taken through the slot.

This invention has relation to a fork provided with a knife-sharpener;and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, aswill be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates atable-fork, having the lateral portion b, between the tines and theshoulder of the fork, provided with a transversely-notchedsharpening-block, c, triangular-shaped in cross-section, secured theretoor formed therewith. The transverse notches d (No model.)

middle portion and converges toward its ends, 0

where it joins the converging sides of short grooves f f, .which aredeepest at the ends of the slit, and run out at the surface of the metalbefore reaching the shoulder or the tines of the fork. The knife-bladewith the rough 5 edge is then inserted in the slit, and drawn throughand down and out of the groove, .or either of them, several times, tofinish the sharpening and remove the rough edge.

This device is cheap, simple, and effective, and is always ready foruse.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fork provided with the transversely V- notched sharpening-blocksecured thereto, and the longitudinal converging slit made therethrough,and terminating in converging grooves running out at the surface of themetal, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM KAUFMAN.

Witnesses:

HERY. V. PARSELL, WM. B. KRUG.

